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COMMENTS : National Security Files, Box 332 R & S, Southeast Asia Task Force
Reports 4/11-6/13/63. Box 6.

CAMBODIA

NORTH VIETNAM

SOUTH VIETNAM

STATUS REPORT
OF THE ;
TASK FORCE SOUTHEAST AS

COVERT ANNEX - HIGHLIGHTS

A CIA source in the Chinese Nationalist
diplomatic mission in Saigon has reported
GRC plans to assist dissident Cambodian
leader Son Ngoc Thanh in a political action
campaign against the Sihanouk government,

. The GRC is. also exploring. Thanh's capability
for petietrating the Cambodian government and
the feasibility of assassinating Sihanouk,

Over 700,000 ClA-designed leaflets were dropped

into the Haiphong/ Lay Kay areas in April. The
objective of this operation, in addition to familiarizing
the DRV population with the anti-communism symbol |
on the leaflets, is to create a diversion within North
Vietnam proper which may dissipate DRV security.
strengths in response to psywar and deception
activities, and thus. lessen DRV capability for action
in South Vietnam.

A two-month Civic Action Ministry training course
‘for 229 montagnard cadres was completed in April.
The first priority of these graduates, in direct .
satisfaction of requirements levied by General Rosson
. during his. visit, is formation of fixed teams for use
at Special Forces*camps. Included in the course
were 45 Vietnamese civic action cadre, all tribal
dialect speakers, who will serve.as. team chiefs,

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